Photos by: Ates Ejderhaso

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Ates:

Thu Sep 2 03:12:22 2004

gentelman at the slave auction showing some leg.

Fayrarmful Tangwystl:

Fri Mar 25 14:46:26 2005

Found an interesting link on "woad"... I wonder which thought is more frightening to SCA gentles.. the thought of fully armored men rushing to battle or the thought of rushing men clothed only in woad??

At the page, the secondary link works better for downloading the tune than the Quicktime button.

http://songs-with-music.freeservers.com/woad.html

Woad (to the tune "Men of Harlech")

What's the use of wearing braces ?
Vests and pants and boots with laces ?
Spats and hats you buy in places
Down the Brompton Road ?
What's the use of shirts of cotton ?
Studs that always get forgotten ?
These affairs are simply rotten,
Better far is woad.

Woad's the stuff to show men.
Woad to scare your foemen.
Boil it to a brilliant hue
And rub it on your back and your abdomen.
Ancient Briton ne'er did hit on
Anything as good as woad to fit on
Neck or knees or where you sit on.
Tailors you be blowed!!

Romans came across the channel
All dressed up in tin and flannel
Half a pint of woad per man'll
Dress us more than these.
Saxons you can waste your stitches
Building beds for bugs in britches
We have woad to clothe us which is
Not a nest for fleas

Romans keep your armours,
Saxons your pyjamas.
Hairy coats were made for goats,
Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas
Tramp up Snowdon with your woad on,
Never mind if you get rained or blowed on
Never want a button sewed on.
Go it Ancient B's!!

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